BlockMaple River Colony, North Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kentner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58441. The Survey maps it on the Silverleaf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1894 USGS Fullerton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Lamoure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Silverleaf quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Maple River Colony between 2012 and 2016, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TIM MARTIN |
| 3 October 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MILLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maple River Colony: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverleaf | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Duane | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fullerton | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ellendale | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Boynton | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Keystone (historical) | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hudson (historical) | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Monango | 10.7 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122552524 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2745993. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.